I really cannot praise your writing enough! Your portrayal of Sybil and Tom is so perfect that I'm just over here grinning. Such a sweet and lovely story! Thank you so much for sharing this with us :)

Sweet! :)

What a great story. The show did not really cover what happened between the failed elopement and the drawing room announcement and you have done a wonderful job here filling in that gap. How innocent and carefree they both are and their happiness is palpable. Well done - a lovely heart-warming read.

This is adorable! It's so loving and innocent, just what you'd expect from Tom and Sybil just when they're starting their relationship... I also love the image of Tom just pulling the car over to have some time with Sybil— can't stop thinking about it. Great work on this story! I loved reading it.

This was utterly fabulous. I loved every brilliant word!

This is interesting.
I really appreciate that Sybil decided not to elope because she "didn't want people to think she was ashamed of Tom." :)

I like Mary's reference for Sybil to "restrain herself", making it clear that it isn't necessarily because she doesn't trust Tom alone with her sister, but because it can be so difficult for a young couple to control themselves, especially when their relationship is "forbidden."

And that starts Sybil thinking more about Mary and Mathew...
I can definitely think Sybil wanted Mary and Mathew to "speak plainly about their feelings." There's an excellent reference to that when Sybil says that Mary's wedding is just as romantic as hers. Because Sybil knows Mary and Mathew loved each other.

I do think Sybil is more prepared for to live in Ireland than anyone gives her credit for, having been a war nurse for two years. But I also think she's being a bit naïve, not quite realizing how different her life will be.
Her "it will easier for me to get a nursing job there" when she tells her family about her plans is a perfect example of that.
No, it won't. First of all, employers don't normally hire married women, and her English accent would be a turn - off in Ireland.
But Sybil (and many Sybil/Tom fans) is also overlooking how time consuming the house work she would have to do would be. All food had to be made from scratch at that point. All clothing had to be washed by hand. And in 1920 Ireland, living under a journalist's salary, she's not going to even be able to afford a mop or a vacuum cleaner. So all the floors will have to be cleaned by hand as well.
Even if they live in a small flat, I doubt she's going to have much time for nursing shifts when she finishes all that...
This isn't Downton, or even Crawley House, where they "have a maid for the heavier work."

It seems to me that part of the reason why Sybil left Downton was she didn't want to live by the rules of that world. Fair enough. But she seems to think when she moves to Ireland, she'll be able to live by her own rules. I believe the reality is she'll have to live by the rules of Tom's family, and the general rules of a lower - middle class woman in Ireland.

In canon, when we see her in season three, it seems she has adjusted well, so I suspect she learned to accept that. But I'd really like to see HOW she accepted it...

I'd write it myself but (beyond all the other stories I'm planning first), Cobert are my OPT, and this is understandably, a period where Sybil and Tom (and their fans) are most negative toward Cobert. And I just don't think I could handle that...
(In fact as much as I like Sybil and Tom, I tend to stay away from fics about them because they are often negative towards Cobert.)